Frazler Creek, North Fork: 65(79/83) 



Fisheries Impaired: Y 



Project Stream: 



Total Rank: 



Biological Rank: 

 Native Species: 

 Sport Fishery: 

 Water Quality: 



Social Rank: 



FWP Reports: 



N 



Low (16/17) 

 Low (13/14) 

 Low (6/7) 

 None 

 Low (3/4) 

 High (1/3) 

 1997,2000 



North Fork of Frazier Creek, a small 1^ order tributary to Frazier Creek in the middle 

 Blackfoot River watershed, flows ~2 miles through private timber and ranch land. The North 

 Fork ranks low on the restoration priority list for non-project streams because of low native 

 species value, low water quality benefits, no sport fishery value to the Blackfoot River and a 

 technical inability to address the entire stream system. The North Fork supports a genetically 

 pure population of resident WSCT. This population is disjunct from both upper Frazier Creek 

 and the Blackfoot River due to instream irrigation reservoirs above and below the North Fork 

 confluence. Fisheries impairments include 1) fragmentation of stream reaches, 2) irrigation 

 (entrainment and low flows), and 3) localized livestock-induced sfream bank damage. 



Frazier Creek: 80(69/83) 



Fisheries Impaired: Y 



Project Stream: 



Total Rank: 



Biological Rank: 

 Native Species: 

 Sport fishery: 

 Water Quality: 



Social Rank: 



FWP Reports: 



N 



Low (13/17) 

 Low (10/14) 

 Low (6/7) 

 None 



Moderate (2/4) 

 Low (3/3) 

 1997, 2000 



->nd. 



Frazier Creek, a small 2 tributary to the middle Blackfoot River, flows -3.6 miles through 

 both public (BLM) and private land. The private land is located in the lower two-thirds of the 

 stream. Frazier ranks low on the restoration priority list for non-project streams. Frazier Creek 

 low total rank is the result of low native species value, low social and financial rank, lack of sport 

 fishery value to the Blackfoot River and a technical inability to address the entire stream system. 

 However, Frazier has moderate potential for water quality benefits and potential to increase 

 stream flows to Blackfoot River. Frazier Creek supports a disjunct resident population of 

 genetically pure WSCT and no other fish species. Fisheries impairments include 1) reduced 

 instream flows, 2) channel alterations (two instream reservoirs), 3) sfream channel fragmentation 

 preventing fish passage, and 4) livestock grazing impacts to riparian areas. 



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